Opuntia superbospina Griffiths (1916:13)
Kingman's prickly-pear, Kingman prickly-pear, Kingman pricklypear
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 79 (1974)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of O. phaeacantha) (Parfitt, 1980:416; Pinkava, 2003; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1978 (source)
Distribution
Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Type: Griffiths 10574 (Parfitt, 1980:416)
Media
References
Knapp, Wesley M., Frances, Anne, Noss, Reed, Naczi, Robert F. C., Weakley, Alan, Gann, George D., Baldwin, Bruce G., Miller, James, McIntyre, Patrick, Mishler, Brent D., Moore, Gerry, Olmstead, Richard G., Strong, Anna, Kennedy, Kathryn, Heidel, Bonnie and Gluesenkamp, Daniel. (2021). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation Biology 35(1): 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13621 [Supporting Information (Appendix S1)]
Parfitt, Bruce D. (1980). Origin of Opuntia curvospina (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 5(4): 408-418.
Pinkava, D. J. (2003). Opuntioideae. In Flora of North America North of Mexico, v. 4. Flora of North America Editorial Committee [eds]. pp. 92-152. Oxford University Press, New York.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 19 August 2024]
http://www.currentresults.com/Endangered-Animals/North-America/recently-extinct-animals.php